The Lord is my strength and song, and is become my salvation.
--_Psalms 118:14_.
He giveth power to the faint: and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.--_Isaiah 40:29_.
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or {508} nakedness, or sword?
Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.--_Romans 8:35,37_.
Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father"s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.--_Luke 12:32_.
I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith.--_II Timothy 4:7_.
[End of "VOLUME TWO: HERO TALES"]
[Start of "VOLUME THREE: TALES OF OLD JUDAEA"]
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THE BIBLE STORY
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BUILDING THE ARK
"Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shall thou make in the ark and shall cover it within and without with pitch. And this is how thou shalt make it; the length of the ark three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits."
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THE BIBLE STORY
VOLUME THREE
TALES OF OLD JUDAEA
ARRANGED AND EDITED BY
REV. NEWTON MARSHALL HALL, D.D.
MINISTER OF THE NORTH CHURCH, SPRINGFIELD, Ma.s.sACHUSETTS
AND
REV. IRVING FRANCIS WOOD, PH.D.
PROFESSOR OF BIBLICAL LITERATURE AND COMPARATIVE RELIGION AT SMITH COLLEGE
_Authors of "The Early Days of Israel" "Advanced Bible Studies" Etc_.
THE KING-RICHARDSON COMPANY SPRINGFIELD, Ma.s.sACHUSETTS
CHICAGO CLEVELAND
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COPYRIGHT, 1906, COPYRIGHT, 1917,
BY THE KING-RICHARDSON COMPANY, SPRINGFIELD, Ma.s.s.
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PREFACE
This volume contains stories from the Old Testament, not included in the previous volume of this series, "Hero Tales from the Old Testament." It tells of brave women and strong men, of marvelous adventures and escapes, of gallant struggles for liberty, of good and bad kings, of national deliverance and captivity. Some of these stories are given in the form of great symbolic poems and stories like the "Pilgrim"s Progress," conveying some great truth by means of poetic imagery, others are the literal recital of historic facts. All are full of the deepest interest and are of profound moral value.
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CONTENTS
TALES OF THE FAR-OFF DAYS. 13 The Story of Creation. 15 A Story of Disobedience and Its Consequences. 19 The Story of the First Murder. 22 The Story of the Flood. 24 The Story of the Tower of Babel. 32
TALES OF BRAVE WOMEN. 33 Ruth. 35 Deborah. 51 Esther. 60 Judith. 80
TALES OF ELIJAH AND ELISHA. 109
TALES OF SUCCESS AND FAILURE. 163 Jonah. 165 Samson. 172 Daniel. 183 Nehemiah. 212
THE STORY OF A DIVIDED KINGDOM. 235 _The Kingdom of the South_. 237
1 Rehoboam. 237 2 Abijah. 242 3 Asa. 247 4 Jehoshaphat. 255 5 Jehoram. 266 6 Ahaziah. 269 7 Athaliah. 271 8 Joash. 277 {12} 9 Amaziah. 281 10 Uzziah. 287 11 Jotham. 292 12 Ahaz. 293 13 Hezekiah. 299 14 Mana.s.seh. 317 15 Amon. 322 16 Josiah. 323 17 Jehoahaz. 332 18 Jehoiakim. 335 19 Jehoiachin. 346 20 Zedekiah. 348
The Kingdom of the North 353